Needle-holder.



J. A. WILLIAMS.

v NEEDLE HOLDER.

PPLICAT'ION FIL D l 9 l Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

NEEDLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application filed May 21, 1915. Serial No. 29,459.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN A. VILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Richmond Hill, Long Island, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Needle-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is a convenient, compact and attractive device for holding an assortment of needles, the object being to enable the user to keep her needles in one place, each size by itself, and to render the same readily accessible and replaceable.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention: Figure l is a perspective view of the ho-lder, shown approximately actual size; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the device, all but one of the tubes being shown in elevation; Fig. 3 is a crosssection, with dotted lines indicating the retainer in open position; and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view looking down on the tops of the tubes.

The device comprises a thin or flat block 1, preferably of oblong rectangular form, having a series of sockets or openings 2, of varying depth, extending inward from one of its long narrow surfaces. The body of the device also includes a frame 3, comprising side members 4, which are secured by fasteners 5 to the'ends of the block, and a cross-member 6 uniting the outer or upper ends of the said side members and provided with a series of o-penings 7 disposed in alinement with the sockets 2. Tubes 8 are received at their outer or upper portions in the openings 7, and at their inner or lower portions in the sockets 2, and their upper open ends are closed by caps 9, which are disposed above the cross-member 6. These tubes are preferably made of some nonfragile material, for example hard rubber, and are of different lengths, to correspond with the different sizes of needles which are to be accommodated. Owing to the varying depths of the sockets 2, the capped upper ends of the tubes are brought in transverse alinement, so that all may be held in place by a retainer 10. The latter consists of a bail-shap-ed frame, the side members 1l of which are pivotally embodiment of the united at 12 to the side members 4 of the frame 3. The cross-piece 13 of the frame lies adjacent the tops of the caps 9. Spring holding means are provided, keeping the retainer 10 in its normal position, the said means preferably comprising projections 14 forced inward from the side members 11 of the retainer and corresponding depressions 15 formed in the side members 4 of the frame 3.

In operation, the members with suflicient readiness to tainer to be swung easily to the position indicated in Fig. 3, the resilience of the parts automatically restoring it to the locking engagement when the retainer is returned to retaining position. The retainer frame keeps the caps 9 from accidentally coming off the tubes, and in the particular invention illustrated, wherein the tubes are removable, also serves to hold the tubes in their sockets. Another function of this frame is to act as an easel support when swung to a downward inclination, so that the device may stand in an inclined position, with the caps uncovered and therefore free to be removed.

The tops of the caps 9 may bear numerals, as shown in Fig. 4, indicating the sizes of the needles contained therein.

What I claim as new is:

1. A holder for needles, comprising a block 1 having a series of sockets 2, a frame 3 having side members secured to the ends of the said block and a cross-member 6 provided with a series of openings 7, a series of tubes 8 provided with caps received within said openings and sockets, and a bail-shaped retainer 13 having its side members pivoted to the side members of the frame and its cross-member normally eX- tending over the caps of the tubes.

2. A holder for needles, comprising a block 1 having a series of sockets 2, a frame 3 having side members secured to the ends of the said block and a cross-member 6 provided with a series of openings 7, a series of tubes 8 provided with caps received within said openings and sockets, a bail-shaped retainer 13 having its side members pivoted to the side members of the frame and its cross-member normally` extending over the 4 and 11 yield permit the recaps of the tubes, and yielding locking means lll, 15 on the frame and retainer for holding the latter in operative position.

3. A needle holder comprising a fiat oblong block having openings extending inward from one oi' its long narrow sides, a series of needle tubes of varying depth received at their inner portions in said openings and having their ends remote from the block substantially in alinement, a frame having side members secured to the ends of said block and a cross-member provided with a series of openings receiving the outer portions of said tubes, caps on said tubes above said cross-piece, and a bail-shaped retainer frame having side members hinged to the side members of the aforesaid frame and a cross-member normally lying over and adjacent said caps.

4. A needle holderl comprising the combination of a block, a series of needle tubes received at their inner ends in said block, the needle compartments formed thereby eX- tending varying distances into the block, a frame fixed to said block and having a cross-member with openings receiving the outer portions ot' the tubes, caps on the tubes, and a bail-shaped retainer frame hinged to said fixed frame and having a crossmember normally overlying said caps.

5. In a needle holder, a base block, a

series of needle tubes of varying lengths carried thereby, a frame having side members fixed to the base block and a cross-member with openings receiving the outer portions of the tubes, caps for said tubes, and a bail-shaped retainer frame hinged to said fixed frame and adapted to be positioned over said caps or to be swung downward to serve as an easel support.

6. A needle holder comprising the combination of a iiat block, a row of needle tubes having their inner portions received in openings in one of the long narrow sides of the block, a fra-me iiXed to the block and having a crossmeinber with openings receiving the outer portions of the tubes, caps on said outer portions, and a hinged bailshaped retainer frame having a cross-member normally overlying said caps.

7. A. needle holder comprising the combination of a block, a row of needle tubes inserted at one end therein, a iframe iixed to the block and having a cross-piece with y openings receivung the outer portions of the tubes, and a hinged bail-shaped retainer having a cross-piece normally overlying the outer ends of the tubes.

In witness whereof I have hereunto my name.

signed JOHN A. NXLLAMS Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents, Washington, '.D. C. 

